More and more assembly
 

The delicate assembly continues...

Dynamat & assembly
 

Sound deadening and assembly continues...

Custom console
 

Building the 55's console...

More console
 

Finishing the metal fab on the console.

Assembly before upholstery
 

Doing some final assembly touches before the 55 heads off to upholstery.

Wow, that build is stunning. Well done.

Underside of the bloody hood looks better than the outside of many custom cars.

Interior Work
 

The 55 is back from the upholstery shop, now it's time to add our finishing touches to the interior. Our acid dipping facility dipped the garnish moldings, then we sent them off to chrome plate. We then got busy making custom trim accents for the interior panels.

Very nice. :)

Very high quality workmanship. Outstanding.

A question for you. When you put down the yellow tape on the body so you don't scratch the paint while you are fitting the lights / trim / grill etc, once you have the light / trim / grill fitting correctly do you remove it again to pull the yellow tape then refit the light / trim / grill, or do you leave the light / trim / grill in place and the tape comes off easily enough even with the light / trip / grill in place?

We remove the tape after the actual part has been installed...as you said to protect the paint. We prefit/prebuild out the cars while in the fab shop phase, so we know parts will fit already, but of course body work & paint close down the gaps, but there is still room to slip the tape out after assembly.

I've tried to explain the purpose of this process to some car people I know and they just don't get it. Then they wonder why their home built car doesn't look or fit as well as the pro built car. :sieg:

Obviously we home builders can't match your expertise, space or tools but we can respectfully steal ideas from you. Pre-fitting before finishing is one I learned years ago. Yes, it costs a bit of time up front but like TIG welding body panels vs. MIG welding them it saves rework which equates to time and thus money in the finish process.

Thanks for sharing the progress on this one. ...and thanks from saving it from a pro street death.

Thanks for the great input. Yes, once you have had to drill holes or make modifications on an already painted car, you really come to appreciate the beauty of a pre-build.

Console continued
 

Finishing up the custom center console...

Exhaust begins
 

Tom starts building a custom exhaust with Flowmaster mufflers.

That's taking "custom exhaust" to another level :D

I love checking in on this build something new, well thought out and beautifully executed to see .

Finishing up the exhaust
 

2nd half of the exhaust...

Interior & assembly
 

Fabing up the interior accent pieces and assembly work continues.

Same here.

This build is just incredible and the pictures do all the talking and it has given me so many idea's.

Top notch work guys!




Corey

Final interior work
 

Just about to the end...can almost taste it.

Something real serious is going on here.

I love the fit and finish, nice work.

Beautiful !!!!!!!

Thanks guys, we really appreciate the input...almost done!

Finished Photos
 

The 55 is buttoned up...here are some images of the finished product.

You guys do great work. Beautiful car.

Don

oh my

That is gorgeous


Hope mine looks half as good when its finished

Spectacular!

Video of finished build.
 

Below is a video of the finished build. We hope you have enjoyed watching the process unfold. You can view this build, plus all our other projects on our website: http://metalworksclassics.com/

https://youtu.be/nYqDKCvmnLM


Thanks!!!